- Samuel Chapman
Sir Samuel Chapman (1859 –
29 April 1947 ) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician.He unsuccessfully contested the Greenock constituency in 1918, but was elected as
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South at the 1922 general election [LondonGazette|issue=32775|startpage=8712|date=8 December 1922 |accessdate=2008-04-01] and held the seat [LondonGazette|issue=32897|startpage=368|date=11 January 1924 |accessdate=2008-04-01] [LondonGazette|issue=32996|startpage=8534|date=25 November 1924 |accessdate=2008-04-01] [LondonGazette|issue=33508|startpage=4117|date=21 June 1929 |accessdate=2008-04-01] [LondonGazette|issue=33769|startpage=7146|date=6 November 1931 |accessdate=2008-01-10] [LondonGazette|issue=34223|startpage=7506|date=26 November 1935 |accessdate=2008-01-10] until he stepped down at the 1945 general election.He was knighted in the 1920
New Year Honours , for "Valuable War work, especially in connection with the Perth and Perthsire Prisoners of War Fund; Public and Local services". [LondonGazette|issue=31712|supp=yes|startpage=2|date=30 December 1919 |accessdate=2008-01-10]References
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*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origdate= |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
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